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[QUOTE="AD31, post: 4806016, member: 8599"]
Kind of seems like a breath of fresh air.  I said a few times last season the guys loved  Petro but felt a lot of pressure and it's tough to play like that.  I kind of think of Aviles as he was an AA as a freshman then took a step back a little under Petro.  He wasn't able to play free he had to play Petros way or get yelled at. .  Maybe he doesn't transfer if he knew Petro was leaving.  I know Murphy took a step back midseason as Petro did not like him throwing checks, he scored vs Maryland and said Petro was pissed.  Dump it off and get off but like he said no one came to him so he shot it.  The ground ball vs UNC he drew 3 fouls and faught for the ball Petro told him he should have avoided contact.  He told me he felt pressure like whatever he does he's gonna get yelled at and he lost some basic fundamentals like waiting for his man instead of backpedaling and opening his hips.  He was drawing slides because of it and I actually picked up on it and told him.  I don't care who u are or how fast if ur guy is running full speed and ur waiting flat footed he's going by u.  He finished the season playing much better especially it was his final games of his career so the pressure was off he just wanted to play.  I said yesterday Petro can coach he's just old skool and set in his ways.  Kids today not all take to that kind of coaching,  This new coach seems like the perfect fit after an old skool hard nosed coach like Petro.  U gotta play free and have fun to play ur best.  Hopefully it makes a big difference with the D this yr.
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